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W. S. LYON.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1912.

1,062,834. Patented May 27, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1912. Serial No. 696,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM S. LYON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvent-ed new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the followingis a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide abox in which the articlescontained therein can be efiiciently exhibited in showcases or showwindows.

The invention embodies among other features a box particularly adaptedto contain cigars and like smokable articles and which can be arrangedso that when the box with the contents thereof is placed in a showcasethe contents of the box and the label on the inner side of the coverwill be presented to full view.

A further embodiment of the invention resides in a box provided with afoldable member whereby when the cover of the box is moved into openposition and the box is placed in a showcase, the cover will not take upas much space as the usual covers of c1gar boxes do, thus permit-ting ofexhibiting a larger number of boxes containing articles, in showcasesand in which when the box is mounted in the show case, the articlescontained therein, together with the label on the inner side of thecover will be presented to full View.

In the further disclosure of the. invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding part-s in allthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the boxin open position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the box in closedposition. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on theline 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 42 is a fragmentary vertical sectional. viewtaken on the line 41 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a box body 10having the upper edge 11 of the front side 12 lower than the upper edges13 of the ends 14, the forward end 15 of the cover 16 being receivedbetween the upper edges 13 with the extreme forward end of the cover 16adapted to repose upon the upper edge 11. The box body 10 is open at therear and secured to the under side of the bottom 17 of the box PatentedMay 27 1913.

body at the rear edge thereof is one end of a foldable member 18, saidfoldable memher being preferably made of cloth or the like and extendingupwardly to close a the rear part of the box body, the upper edge of thefoldable member being bent around the rear end of the cover 16 andsecuredto. the upper side of the cover16 by a strip 19,

the lower end of the foldable member being secured to the under side ofthe bottom 17 by a strip 20 as shown. In a similar manner the ends ofthe foldable member 18 are secured to the rear edges of the sides 14 bystrips 21, as shown in Fig. 2.

As mentioned heretofore, the front end of the cover 16 is adapted torepose bet-ween the upper edges 13 when the cover is in closed positionand the mentioned cover adjacent the rear end thereof is provided withflanges 22 which are adapted to repose upon reduced portions 23 of thesides 14L when the cover is in closed position, the forward ends of theflanges 22 forming stop members for S-shaped hook members 24 mounted toswing on the sides 14 and movable to support the cover as will behereinafter more fully disclosed.

Now assuming that the box body 10 has been filled with cigars and thelike and closed as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of sending the boxto the retail dealer, when the retail dealer receives the box of cigarsand desires to exhibit the same in his show window he first unloosensthe front end of the cover 16 from the front side 12 of the box body 10in the usual manner, and then with a knife edge cuts through the strips21 and the end portions of the foldable member 18 thus disengaging thelarger portion of the foldable member from the sides 14. The cover isnow swung into open position and as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the coverwhen swung into open position will move downwardly so that the. loweredge of the cover will lie against the rear edge of the bottom 17, themember 18 being adapted to fold rearwardly as shown. The hook members 21 are now swung upwardly so that the outer bent ends of the hookmemberswill pass around the outer side of the cover with intermediateportions of the hook members engaging the upper or forward ends of'theflanges 22, said ends constituting stop members as mentioned heretofore,thus retaining the cover in open position'and simultaneously exposing tofull View the label on the inner side of the cover and the contents ofthe box.

I claim 1. In a box, the combination with a box body open along one sidethereof, of a flexible member on the box body, a cover havingconnect-ion with the said flexible member, the said flexible memberforming a side of the box to close the open side thereof when the coveris in closed position on the box and movable into folded position whenthe cover is moved into open position, hook members on the said box bodyand adapted for connection wit-h the cover for supporting the same inopen position, the said cover when in open position being adapted toform a side of the said box body.

2. In a box, the combination with abox body open along one side thereof,of a flexible member on the said box body, a cover having connectionwith the flexible member, the said flexible member forming a side of thebox body when the cover is in closed position and the said cover forminga side of the box body when the cover is in open position, and means onthe said box body and engaging the said cover to retain the same in openposition to form a side of the box body.

3. In a box, the combination with a box body open along one sidethereof, of a flexible member on the said box body, a cover havingconnection with the flexible member, the said flexible member forming aside of the box body when the cover is in closed position and the saidcover forming a side of the box bodywhen the cover is in open position,and hook members on the said box body and engaging the said cover toretain the same in open position to form a side of the box body.

In testimony whereof I ahix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. LYON.

Witnesses:

S. EDGAR GEORGE, GEORGE W. DALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

